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Securing Water for Future Generations: Bringing People to the Policy Making Process

7 August 2017
The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) bridges science, policy, and practice to meet its vision of creating a water wise world. This presentation features SIWI’s programs in various countries and regions. Using the public service delivery accountability framework, it explains the…

Water Operators Partnerships

3 August 2017
The Water Operators Partnerships (WOPs) Program is a formula for capacity building that pairs two water operators to work on specific issues. Albeit a small-scale program, it has the potential to reach even greater heights over time. Facilitating utility partnerships since 2007, the WOPs program…

Metro Manila’s Water Public-Private Partnership: Take-aways of a Regulator

11 July 2017
Joel Yu, chief regulator of the Philippines' Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory Office (MWSS-RO) shared lessons gained from implementing public-private partnerships (PPP). He cited several issues and regulatory challenges the MWSS-RO encountered, as well as the ways the office…

Rural Water Supply and Sanitation in Cambodia: Results from ADB Financed Projects

29 June 2017
Access to water and sanitation is low in many rural areas across Asia. Cambodia, in partnership with ADB, continually exerts efforts to improve water and sanitation services especially in its rural areas, where 11,530,379 reside and about 50% of village people still practice open defecation. The…

Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Cambodia

29 June 2017
The lack of clean water has become a major problem for many rural people, especially in Cambodia, where rural households reach 2.5 million and total rural population number more than 11.5 million. More than half of the rural population practice open defecation and walk long distances to access…

Climate Finance in the Transport Sector

28 June 2017
Asia’s motorized transport emissions have become a significant contributor to the global problem of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. By 2035, transport is expected to become the single largest GHG emitter accounting for 46%, and it is expected to reach 80% by 2050. This presentation gives a…

Climate Finance in the Water Sector

28 June 2017
Many countries in the Asia Pacific region are in a water crisis, and ADB works to increase investments to achieve its vision of “Water for All”. Climate change worsens the conditions of some countries. This presentation puts spotlight on climate finance in the water sector.

Transit-Oriented Development

28 June 2017
Presentation by TOKYU Corporation on Transit Oriented Development

Integrated Hydrological Analysis Platform for Flood Prevention Design and Water Resource Development

23 June 2017
Reducing risks from disasters such as floods is crucial, especially in areas vulnerable to frequent typhoons. In Taipe,China, a basin-based platform integrating hydrology, hydraulics, water resource planning, and a database system is currently being used not only to prevent floods and to provide an…

What do we learn from Tokyo Experiences : Urban Railway System

21 June 2017
Creating a World Class Urban Rail Transport System in developing countries Why - What - How?